da cassino： On-loan midfielder Alexander Hleb has accused Birmingham City of playing 'hoof ball'.
da heads bet： The Belarus international is on loan at St Andrew's from Barcelona and counts Arsenal among his former clubs.
A calf injury has restricted him to just three Premier League appearances for the Blues.
But during those handful of games, the midfield playmaker has not been impressed with the way Alex McLeish's side plays.
"I'm not quite happy with the level of the team, but such things do happen. It's just life," he is quoted as saying by the Daily Star.
"I did tell the papers that Birmingham is not exactly Barcelona or Arsenal.
"In the recent Birmingham games there was a lot of struggle. They were constantly hoofing the long ball forward.
"Naturally I miss the combinational and creative football by Arsenal and Barca, but that was my own choice.
"The Birmingham style is not the kind of game I dreamed about.
"It is good that now I have a lot of time on the pitch, but I want to play football of a different kind."Subscribe to Football FanCast News Headlines by Email